We earn 5 hours per month sick time. However, that sick time isn't awarded on a monthly basis. After working Jan - March we don't have 15 hours sick time come April. We get a lump sum 60 hours the following January for what we earned the previous year. And the (current) 15 hours fronted to newbs gets deducted down the road so you don't get 60 hours for the year, only 45.